Fluorine Abundances of AGB Stars in Stellar Clusters

Author(s)
Andreas Hren, Thomas Lebzelter, Bernhard Aringer, Kenneth H. Hinkle, Walter Nowotny-Schipper
Abstract

We have measured the abundance of fluorine, [F/Fe], in a number of AGB stars in stellar clusters have correlated the results with their C/O ratios. This allows us to investigate the change in the fluorine abundance along the evolution on the giant branch. The target list includes primarily O-rich stars in three LMC globular clusters - NGC 1806, NGC 1846 and NGC 1978 - as well as Rup 106 and 47 Tuc in our Galaxy. The observational data were obtained with the PHOENIX spectrograph, and the COMA code was used for modelling the synthetic spectra. Within individual clusters, we find consistent [F/Fe] values at similar C/O for most of our target stars.

Organisation(s)
Department of Astrophysics
External organisation(s)
Osservatorio Astronomico, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson
Pages
305-306
Publication date
08-2015
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103003 Astronomy, 103004 Astrophysics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/fluorine-abundances-of-agb-stars-in-stellar-clusters(51577235-d4c7-445d-b494-e03d267dbdcc).html